In 2005, he renewed his association with Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, starring as the Faun in del Toro's multiple-Oscar-winning Spanish-language fantasy/horror project El Laberinto del Fauno ( Pan's Labyrinth). Jones at the June 2008 Big Apple Convention in Manhattan Explaining the challenge of working so often in rubber suits and prosthetics, he notes, "I have to make that a part of my being and my physicality and again, acting is a full body experience and that's a part of it when you're doing a costumed character." He performed as Abe Sapien in Hellboy, although the voice was performed by an uncredited David Hyde Pierce. Īlthough known mostly for his work under prosthetic makeup, such as the zombie Billy Butcherson in the Disney Halloween film Hocus Pocus, or the lead Spy Morlock in the 2002 remake of the 1960 film The Time Machine, he has also performed without prosthetics in such films as Adaptation, Mystery Men, and Batman Returns, and indie projects such as Stefan Haves' Stalled, AntiKaiser Productions' Three Lives, Phil Donlon's A Series of Small Things, and as Cesare in David Fisher's 2005 remake of the 1920 silent classic The Cabinet of Dr. I once squished into a box for a commercial for relaxed fit jeans". They’ll want somebody to hold a box of Tide funny or something. "You’d be surprised how many times that comes into play in commercials. He describes himself as a "dyed-in-wool Christian from the Midwest", to the point that he was initially apprehensive about Hellboy, as the titular character is a demon. In 1982, he graduated from Ball State University, where he parlayed his background as a mime into portraying the school mascot " Charlie Cardinal". Jones has been married to his wife, Laurie, since 1984.Jones was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and attended Bishop Chatard High School. He has also appeared in several web shows, including ten episodes of "Angel of Death" and eight episodes of "Research". DallasĪngel of Death ( 10 episodes) as Dr.Jones' other TV and film credits include "The Adventures of Galgameth", "Warriors of Virtue", "Three Kings", "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle", "Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman", "Men in Black II", "Stuck on You", "The Benchwarmers", "In Living Color", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "Unsolved Mysteries", "Nick Swardson's Pretend Time", "Sons of Anarchy", and "Teen Wolf". Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey as Zero / Razer (voice)ĭragon Age: Redemption ( 6 episodes) as SaarebasĬyrus: Mind of a Serial Killer as Dr. The Flash ( 1 episode) as Jake Simmons / DeathboltĬhaisson: Quest for Oriud as Sieck (voice) We've Forgotten More Than We Ever Knew as The Man from the PoolĬrimson Peak as Edith's Mother / Lady SharpeĪlways Watching: A Marble Hornets Story as The Operator Gehenna: Where Death Lives as Creepy Old Man Patient Seven as Demon (segment: "The Visitant") Star Trek: Discovery ( 56 episodes) as SaruĭuckTales ( 1 episode) as Wereduck / Demonic Clown (voice)Ĭarpool Karaoke: The Series ( 1 episode) as Self Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America as Self Star Trek: Short Treks ( 1 episode) as SaruĪutomata ( 6 episodes) as Carl Swangee (voice) Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash as SelfĮli Roth's History of Horror ( 1 episode) ![]() What We Do in the Shadows ( 1 episode) as Self ( 11 episodes) as Baron Afanas In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover as Billy Butcherson The 100 Candles Game as Demon (segment: The Visitant) He has been portraying the Kelpien Saru on the show Star Trek: Discovery.īattle in Space: The Armada Attacks as The Sycophant box office in the spring of 2004, that has brought him an even higher profile and much praise from audiences and critics alike. (2002) with Nicolas Cage and indie projects such as Phil Donlon's A Series of Small Things (2005).īut it is his sensitive and elegant performance as 'Abe Sapien' in Hellboy (2004), which stormed to the top of the U.S. ![]() He learned mime at school, joining a troupe and doing the whole white-face thing, and has also worked as a contortionist.Īfter a hitch in theater in Indiana, he moved to Los Angeles in 1985, and has not been out of work since - he's acted in over 25 films, many television series (Including the award-winning Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), his episode 'Hush' garnered two Emmy nominations) and over 90 commercials and music videos with the likes of Madonna and Marilyn Manson.Īlthough known mostly for his work under prosthetics, he has also performed as 'himself' in such highly-rated films as Adaptation. After attending Bishop Chatard High School, he headed off to Ball State University, where he graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications, with a minor in Theatre. The youngest of four brothers, Doug Jones was born on in Indianapolis, Indiana, and grew up in the city's Northeastside.
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